new laptop is slow / unhappy with performance

Acer aspire es1-512

New Acer Laptop with Windows 10. I've downloaded all available updates and disabled any obvious processes running which I don't need. However I'm still disappointed with the start up time and slow load time of programs. Is there anything I can do? Ive never used Windows 10 before, not sure if its a resource hog compared to Win 7 or not. I have Intel N2840 CPU and 4 gig RAM.

4. Have you turned off Windows Defender if you have another AV installed?

5. Have you disabled any unnecessary 'bloatware' installed by Acer?

6. There was a BIOS Version update to Ver.1.15 dated 13/08/2015 which simply says "Improve System Performance' You may wish to check your BIOS version. Here is a link to download the update http://www.acer.com/ac/en/GB/content/dri... select BIOS/Firmware tab

The only thing that quickly comes to mind is to 'disable' fast start up (I know it sounds counter-intuitive) and turn off your laptop in the normal way (Do not use the restart option this one time) . Then turn it on. Hopefully it will be faster. Have read and also heard that this worked and when fast start was re-enabled the boot time sluggishness had disappeared. It somehow seemed to 'reset' the fast startup mode.

Got mine yesterday 4/11/17 slow slow and slower 3 finger shuffle found 65 processes running at first Boot up updates took 3.5 hours to complete. Got that pee ed off turned it into a frisbee off to get a Mac

I also have the same problem and loathe my laptop and acer in general now .

I gave up on it and luckily didn't really have to use it up until now, and I'm close to setting it on fire . I don't have an answer for you sorry. just posting in hopes I'll get a notication when someone else comments and has a definitive answer on how to fix this piece of sh#t laptop

I had a similar problem with my new acer, I went to the microsoft storeapp and found a lot of the pre-installed apps had been downloading/updating so I went to settings>system>apps and uninstalled a bunch of them. Restarted the laptop and no problem!